Glenn Zelniker wrote:

Randy Yates wrote:

Why hogtie the
converter
to the transport? Oh, yeah! I get it - we get to sell more players
that way...


Randy,

I'd like your take on how this helps sell more players. I'm not sure I
get it.

Hi Glenn,

If I buy an SACD player that doesn't provide a digital output, so that I am
forced to use the DSD/A conversion technology embedded in the player, and two
years down the road some fancy new DSD conversion technology comes along, I'd have
to buy a whole new player to utilize it. If the player had digital outs, then
at least one could keep it as a transport and buy a new outboard DSD/A converter
with the new technology.

If players keep coming down in price, this quickly becomes a very small problem.
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